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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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