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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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