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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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