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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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