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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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