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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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