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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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