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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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