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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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