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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses 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 issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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