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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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