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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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