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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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