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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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