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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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