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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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