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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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