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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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