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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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