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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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