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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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