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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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