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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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