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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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