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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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