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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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