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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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