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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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