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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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