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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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