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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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