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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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