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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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