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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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