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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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