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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education enable humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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