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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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