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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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