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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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