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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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