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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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