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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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