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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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