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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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