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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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