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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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