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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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