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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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