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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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