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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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