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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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