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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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