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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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