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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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