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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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