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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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