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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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