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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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