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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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