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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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