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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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