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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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