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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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