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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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