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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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