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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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