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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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