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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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