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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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