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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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