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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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