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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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