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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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