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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key 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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