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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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