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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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