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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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