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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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