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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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