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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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