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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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