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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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