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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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