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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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