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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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