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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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