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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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