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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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