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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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