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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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