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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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