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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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