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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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