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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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