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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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