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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes 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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