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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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