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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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