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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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