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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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