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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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