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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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