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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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