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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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