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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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