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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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