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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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