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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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