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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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