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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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