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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology are providing the means for humans 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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