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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning enable humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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