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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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