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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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