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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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