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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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