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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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