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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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