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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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