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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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