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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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