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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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