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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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