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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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