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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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