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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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