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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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