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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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