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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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