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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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