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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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