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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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