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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education