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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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