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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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