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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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