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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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