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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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