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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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