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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education