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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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