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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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