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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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