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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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