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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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