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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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