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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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