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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically 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 many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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