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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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