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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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