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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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