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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education