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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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