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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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