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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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