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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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