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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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