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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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