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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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