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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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