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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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