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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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