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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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