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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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