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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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