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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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