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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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