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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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