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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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