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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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