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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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