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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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