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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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