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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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