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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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