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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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