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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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