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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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