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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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