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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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