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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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