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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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