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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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