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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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