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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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