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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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