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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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