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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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