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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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