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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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