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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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