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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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