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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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