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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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