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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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