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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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