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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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