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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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