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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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