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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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