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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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