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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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