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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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