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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major 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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