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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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