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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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