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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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