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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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