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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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