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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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