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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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