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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the major 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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