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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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