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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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