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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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