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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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