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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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