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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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