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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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