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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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