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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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