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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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