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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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