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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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