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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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