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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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