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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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