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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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