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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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