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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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