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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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