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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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