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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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