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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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