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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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