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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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