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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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