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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate 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. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand these open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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