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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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