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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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