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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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