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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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