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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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