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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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