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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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