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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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