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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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