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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches 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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