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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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