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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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