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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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