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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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