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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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