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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major 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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