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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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