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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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