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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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