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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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