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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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