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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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