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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also explores 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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