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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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