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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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