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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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