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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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