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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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