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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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