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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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