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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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