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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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