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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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