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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the 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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