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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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