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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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