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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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