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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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