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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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