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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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