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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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