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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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