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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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