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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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