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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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