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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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