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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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