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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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