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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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