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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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