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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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