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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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