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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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