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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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