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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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