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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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