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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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