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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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