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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses 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. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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