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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OER). As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Brand new developments in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.

There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the opportunities associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). For more details please visit this MOOC List website.

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