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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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