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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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