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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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