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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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