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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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