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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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