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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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