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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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