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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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