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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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