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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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