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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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