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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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