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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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