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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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