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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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