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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the 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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