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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources