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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes 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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