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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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