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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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