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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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