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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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