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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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