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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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