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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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