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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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