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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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