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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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