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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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