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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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