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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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