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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in 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. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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