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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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