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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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