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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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