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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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