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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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