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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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