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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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