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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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