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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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