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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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