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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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