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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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