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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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