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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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