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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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