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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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