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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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