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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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