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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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