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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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