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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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