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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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