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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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