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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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