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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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