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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. 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 massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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