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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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