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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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