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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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