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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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