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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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