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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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