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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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