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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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