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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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