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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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