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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the 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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