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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are enabling students 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. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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