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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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