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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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