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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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