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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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