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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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