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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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