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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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