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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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