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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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