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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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