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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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