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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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