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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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