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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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