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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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