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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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