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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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