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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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