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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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