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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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