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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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