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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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