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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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