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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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