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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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