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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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