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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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