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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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