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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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