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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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