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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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