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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning enable students all around the world to take 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 massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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