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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education