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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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