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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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