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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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