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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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