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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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