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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important 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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