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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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