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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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