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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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