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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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