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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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