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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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