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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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