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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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