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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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