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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates 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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