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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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