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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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