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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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