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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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