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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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