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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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