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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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