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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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