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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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