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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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