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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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