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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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