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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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