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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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