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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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