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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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