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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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