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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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