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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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