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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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