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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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