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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the 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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