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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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