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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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