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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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