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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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