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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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