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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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