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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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