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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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