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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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