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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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