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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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