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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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