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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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