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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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