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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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