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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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