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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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