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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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