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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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