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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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