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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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