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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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