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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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