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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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