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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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