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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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