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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity 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. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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