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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp these open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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