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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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