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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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