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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also researches 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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