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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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