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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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