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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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