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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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