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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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