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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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