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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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