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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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