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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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