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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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