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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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