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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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