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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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