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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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