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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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