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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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