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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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