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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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