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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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