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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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