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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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