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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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