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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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