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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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