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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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