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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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