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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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