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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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