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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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