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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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