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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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