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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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