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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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