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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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