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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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