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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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