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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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