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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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