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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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