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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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