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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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